When I Survey the Wondrous Cross

"When I Survey the Wondrous Cross"
Words: Isaac Watts, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1707. Charles Wesley reportedly said "he would give up all his other hymns to have written this one."
Music: Hamburg, Lowell Mason, 1824; first appeared in The Boston Handel and Haydn Society Collection of the Church
Arrangement: Shane Sparks, 2009

"*When I survey the wondrous cross
On which the Prince of glory died,
My richest gain I count but loss,
And pour contempt on all my pride.

*Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast,
Save in the death of Christ my God!
All the vain things that charm me most,
I sacrifice them to His blood.

*See from His head, His hands, His feet,
Sorrow and love flow mingled down!
Did eer such love and sorrow meet,
Or thorns compose so rich a crown?

His dying crimson, like a robe,
Spreads oer His body on the tree;
Then I am dead to all the globe,
And all the globe is dead to me.

*Were the whole realm of nature mine,
That were a present far too small;
Love so amazing, so divine,
Demands my soul, my life, my all.

[Added by the compilers of Hymns Ancient and Modern]

To Christ, who won for sinners grace
By bitter grief and anguish sore,
Be praise from all the ransomed race
Forever and forevermore."

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[ZacSeif]

this is amazing shane

[SSparks07]

Thanks Zac!

heh =)

[mkl62]

I am an ELCA Lutheran from South Carolina. I play the piano and organ. Tonight (Mar. 25), I attended a Lent service at a local Lutheran Church. We sang this as the closing hymn. It is #803 in Evangelical Lutheran Worship. The presiding minister and a member did a dialogue of a conversation between a Roman Centurion and Simon of Cyrene, who was compelled to carry Jesus' cross. Just thought I'd share.

[ian66600]

absolutely wonderful shane!!! 5 stars!!!